Fred Katz: Fred Katz And His Jammers

Fred Katz

Fred Katz's cello playing with the Chico Hamilton Quintet during 1955-1958 was largely responsible for the popular cool jazz group's unique sound and atmospheric style. Katz was classically trained (he… 
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Fred Katz and his Jammers is an album by Fred Katz originally released on Decca in 1959.^[1][2]

Track listing 

All compositions by Fred Katz except as indicated

1. "Feeling the Blues" (Leroy Vinnegar) - 6:40
2. "Elegy" - 2:30
3. "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:22
4. "Vintage 57" (Vinnegar, Walter Norris) - 4:24
5. "Old Folks" (Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill) 4:51
6. "The Blow Is to Know" - 4:31
7. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 4:38
8. "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:57
9. "Dixie, Why Not?" - 4:08
10. "Dexterity" (Charlie Parker) - 3:32

• Recorded at Decca Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 12 (tracks 1, 3 & 6), May 26 (tracks 4, 5 & 8) and August 28 (tracks 2, 7, 9 & 10), 1959

Personnel 

• Fred Katz - cello
• Don Fagerquist (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8), Pete Candoli (tracks 2, 7, 9 & 10) - trumpet
• Gene Estes - vibraphone
• Johnny Pisano - guitar
• Leroy Vinnegar - bass
• Frank Butler (tracks 2, 7, 9 & 10), Billy Higgins (tracks 4, 5 & 8), Lenny McBrowne (tracks 1, 3 & 6) - drums